Wijers, Hans

Mr. Hans Wijers has been Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board and Senior Independent Director of Royal Dutch Shell PLC since May 21, 2014. Prior to that, he was Non-Executive Director of the Company. He was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management of AkzoNobel N.V. from 2003 to 2012, having become a Board member in 2002. From 1999 to 2002, he was Senior Partner at The Boston Consulting Group. He was Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs from 1994 to 1998, and was previously Managing Partner of The Boston Consulting Group. He obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam while teaching there. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heineken N.V., Member of the Supervisory Board of HAL Holding N.V., Non-executive Director of GlaxoSmithKline plc and a trustee of various charities. He is Chairman of the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee and Member of the Nomination and Succession Committee at the Company.

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